- Mazda says the worldwide SUV growth remains to be rising.
- The automaker believes sedans will not reverse the development.
- The upcoming CX-6e SUV has reportedly attracted extra pre-orders than the Mazda 6e sedan in Australia.
Regardless that there’s some perception within the business that sedans will make a serious comeback (ourselves included), not everyone seems to be as satisfied. Regardless of Mazda’s current investments in passenger automobiles overseas, the Japanese automaker says demand for SUVs will proceed climbing worldwide.
Chatting with Australia’s CarSales about world market developments, Mazda 6e program supervisor Hiroshi Ozawa dismissed the concept that SUV demand has plateaued. He mentioned:
‘Globally, I consider that the SUV will nonetheless develop. That is our projection.’
Mazda believes compact SUVs just like the CX-5 nonetheless symbolize the largest alternative transferring ahead. Ozawa pointed to Europe, the place tighter metropolis streets proceed pushing patrons towards smaller automobiles, whereas China is seeing fast progress within the section. North America, in the meantime, stays firmly dedicated to crossovers.
Whereas the corporate just lately revived the Mazda6 identify in markets like Australia with the electrical 6e sedan, Mazda nonetheless has new electrical crossovers just like the CX-6e on the best way. Greater than 1,000 patrons have already positioned pre-orders for the CX-6e forward of its launch, based on Mazda. That is comfortably forward of the roughly 700 pre-orders generated by the Mazda 6e sedan.
Picture by: Mazda
SUVs Nonetheless Dominate
At the same time as automakers like Mazda introduce trendy new sedans overseas, most prospects nonetheless clearly need the practicality and flexibility that SUVs supply. That is mirrored throughout a lot of the worldwide market.
SUVs now account for roughly 63 p.c of new-vehicle gross sales in Australia, and crossover demand continues to dominate in North America as effectively. Whereas passenger automobiles could also be having fun with a modest resurgence because of new EVs, Mazda clearly would not see that altering the business’s long-term trajectory.
If Mazda’s prediction is true, count on extra compact crossovers to reach over the subsequent a number of years.
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Motor1’s Take: The sedan is not useless, however it would not appear like the SUV’s reign is ending anytime quickly. Automakers like Mazda proceed to roll out new compact choices as demand grows globally.
